Alexander, Lloyd

Chronicles of Prydain:

• The Book of Three
• The Black Cauldron
• The Castle of Llyr
• Taran Wanderer
• The High King.

A young pigkeeper has adventures far beyond his station battling the Horned King, destroying the Black Cauldron, and rescuing the Princess Eilonwy.

Avi

Bright Shadow
Having used four of the five wishes she is granted to make on behalf of the hapless citizens of her country, Morwenna flees the kingdom to decide what to do with her last wish.

Baum, Frank

The Wizard of Oz series
After a cyclone transports her to Oz, Dorothy must seek out the Wizard to help her get back home again. There are several sequels in the series.

Bellairs, John

Anthony Monday:

• The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
• The Dark Secret of Weatherend
• The Lamp from the Warlock’s Tomb
• The Mansion in the Mist

Fourteen year old Anthony Monday and the town librarian try to prevent an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.

Johnny Dixon:

• Spell of the the Sorcerer’s Skull
• Revenge of the Wizard’s Ghost

While thirteen year old Johnny Dixon lies dying, possessed by an evil spirit, his friends, an elderly professor and a schoolmate try to find some way to free him.

Lewis Barnavelt:

• House With a Clock in its Wall

A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in its walls that is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.

Boston, Lucy

The Children of Green Knowe
At his great grandmother’s house, Green Knowe, Tolly finds he has lots of other children to play with, who had lived in the house a century before.

Cameron, Eleanor

The Mushroom Planet series
A mystery man inspires two boys to build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom people.

Carroll, Lewis

Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a hidden world of nonsensical characters.

Chetwin, Grace

The Riddle and the Rune
Gom sets forth to seek his destiny, discovering he has new powers and a gift for making friends such as the magnificent horse, Stormfleet, who accompanies him through many adventures.

Cooper, Susan

The Dark is Rising sequence:

• Over Sea, Under Stone
• The Dark is Rising
• Greenwitch
• The Grey King
• Silver on the Tree

Three children set out to find King Arthur’s grail, touching off a struggle between the forces of good and evil, the Light and the Dark.

Coville, Bruce

The Dragonslayers
A brave squire, an earnest page and a strong-willed princess set out to slay the dragon created to carry out a witch’s revenge.

Into the Land of Unicorns
Having jumped into the fantasy land of Luster, Cara joins Lightfoot the unicorn in the search for Queen Arabella Skydancer.

Jennifer Murdley’s Toad
When an extraordinary looking fifth grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extraordinary adventures.

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Small for his age, but artistically talented, 12 year old Jeremy unknowingly buys a dragon egg.

Dahl, Roald

Matilda
Brilliant first grader Matilda triumphs over her book-hating parents and Miss Trunchbull, the mean school principal.

James and the Giant Peach
When James escapes from his horrid aunts inside a giant peach, many magical adventures abound.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Each of five children lucky enough to find a ticket to Willy Wonka’s magical chocolate factory tries to take advantage of the situation in his own way.

The Witches
A boy and his grandmother thwart the plans of England’s witches to turn all the children into mice.

Duane, Diane

So You Want to be a Wizard
Thirteen year old Nita finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry and is guided into another dimension where she earns her degree in wizardry.

Eager, Edward

Half Magic
Jane, Mark, Katharine and Martha find a coin that grants half of every wish they make.

Seven Day Magic
The main characters in Susan’s library book turn out to be Susan, herself, and the friends who share her seven magic adventures.

The Time Garden
Four Cousins discover a magic thyme garden from which they embark on a number of adventures in time.

Ende, Michael

The Neverending Story
Bastian travels through the aptly-named realm of Fantastica to complete a noble quest.

Furlong, Monica

Wise Child
Abandoned by her parents, nine year old Wise Child goes to live with the witch-woman Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs and magic.

Jacques, Brian

Redwall series:

• Martin the Warrior
• Mossflower
• The Legend of Luke
• Outcast of Redwall
• Mariel of Redwall
• The Bellmaker
• Salamandastron
• Redwall
• Mattimeo
• The Pearls of Lutra
• The Long Patrol
• Marlfox

A series of adventures in which a cast of heroic animal characters encounter danger, hairbreadth escapes, mystery and despicable villains.

Jones, Diana Wynne

Castle in the Air
A carpet merchant’s daydreams about a princess, a genie, and a villain become reality after he flies off on a shabby magic carpet.

The Dark Lord of Derkholm
An unconventional wizard and his magical family become involved in a plan to stop the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney.

Howl’s Moving Castle
In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven league boots are everyday things. Nothing is quite what it seems to be.

The Lives of Christopher Chant
Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them for his beloved, yet mysterious, uncle.

Witch Week
Magical chaos fills class 6B when a group of witch orphans begin playing magic tricks.

Juster, Norton

The Phantom Tollbooth
Milo journeys through a land where he discovers the importance of words, and a number provide a cure for his boredom.

Kellogg, Marjorie

Book of Earth
Score’s power is fading; to prevent his death he and his friends have to return to Earth to find the amulet that controls his fate. Also, Book of Water.

LeGuin, Ursula K.

Earthsea series:

• A wizard of Earthsea
• The Tombs of Atuan
• The Farthest Shore
• Tehanu
• Tales from Earthsea
• The Other Wind

A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

L’Engle, Madeline

Time Fantasy series:

• A Wrinkle in Time
• A Wind in the Door
• A Swiftly Tilting Planet
• Many Waters

Members of the Wallace family travel through space and time to battle cruelty, injustice and intolerance in classic struggles between good and evil.

Lewis, C.S.

Chronicles of Narnia:

• The Lion. the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Prince Caspian
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• The Silver Chair
• The Horse and His Boy
• The Magician’s Nephew
• The Last Battle

Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund enter the magical world of Narnia through a mirrored wardrobe and find a magical world of fauns, witches, nymphs, dwarves and talking animals. They fight many battles and eventually become rulers of the land.

MacDonald, Betty

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series
A grandmotherly person who lives in an upside-down house, and was once married to a pirate who left buried treasure in the yard, she is loved by parents for her magical cures for tattletales, selfishness and other problems.

McMullen, Kate

Dragon Slayers Academy series
Wiglaf, a student at the Dragon Slayers Academy, and his friends have many adventures while learning how to become dragon slayers extraordinaire.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

• The Witch series:
• Witch’s Sister
• Witch Water
• The Witch Herself
• The Witch’s Eye
• Witch Weed
• The Witch Returns

Lynn is convinced that her neighbor, Mrs. Tuggle, is a witch; but when she and her best friend, Mouse, try to convince people, no one will listen.

Nesbit, E.

Five Children and It
While digging in a sandpit, the children discover a Psammead – a creature with mysterious powers who leads the children into adventure and excitement. Also, The Phoenix and the Carpet, and The Story of the Amulet.

O’Shea, Pat

The Hounds of Morrigan
The ancient book Pidge found brings the evil Queen Morrigan and her witch-like assistants to his door, threatening the future of the world.

Pierce, Tamora

The Circle of Magic series:

• Sandry’s Book
• Tris’s Book
• Daja’s Book
• Briar’s Book

Four young outcasts discover their magic powers. While still learning how to control them, they must battle deadly threats.

Raskin, Ellen

The Westing Game
The death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can receive their inheritances.

Scieszka, Jon

The Time Warp Trio series:

• Knights of the Kitchen Table
• The Not-So-Jolly Roger
• The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy
• Your Mother Was a Neanderthal
• 2095
• Tut Tut
• Summer Reading is Killing Me

Joe’s uncle gives him a book for his birthday that is really a time machine. It envelops Joe and his friends in a green fog, twists them out of shape, and lands them in any time they ask for.

Strickland, Brad

The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder
When Fergie falls under the spell of an evil sorcerer, Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass risk their own lives to save him.

Tolkein, J.R.

The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who lives comfortably on his hobbit-hole until the wizard Gandalf comes to take him on an adventure from which he may never return.

Travers, P.L.

Mary Poppins
The wind brings a magical nanny to two English children, and she introduces them to many interesting people and places.

Winthrop, Elizabeth.

The Castle in the Attic/The Battle for the Castle
William is given a toy medieval castle as a gift, and is magically transported to another world of wizards and dragons. Here he must fight a battle between good and evil.